Chelsea Handler addresses rumors of hosting CBS late-night show: 'I would never be on a regular network'

By RACHEL MARESCA

|NEW YORK DAILY NEWS|

Apr 17, 2014 | 10:02 AM

Fans apparently will never see Chelsea Handler on regular late-night television.

"I would never go to CBS. I'm not … my mouth … what would they do with me there?" The 39-year-old comedian told Ellen DeGeneres on her daytime show, airing Thursday.

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Rumors first sparked that Handler was in talks with the network when she posted and Instagram photo of herself with her dog on her lap holding a pile of papers with the CBS logo clearly visible.

She captioned the pic "business meeting."

"Yeah, that was my dog sitting on my lap, which I thought was a bold move," Handler said mocking the situation.

"And yet what's getting the attention is your holding something that looks like a CBS logo, which gave everyone the impression that you're talking to CBS about doing a show," DeGeneres pressed the fellow funnygal.

"I mean, no I would never be on a regular network. I would never do that to my fans or to myself or to the network," she replied.

"Well, I enjoy the bad things. I'm a bad girl. Who wants to reel me in? I mean I wouldn't want to reel me in. That wouldn't be fun for anyone."

Handler, who is the host of "Chelsea Lately" on E!, plans to leave the network after her contract runs out at the end of the year.

"I mean I think it's time to move on. I want a vacation and sleep. You know?" Handler told DeGeneres.

"I mean you know what it's like. I mean they were saying you were going leave, too. That you were going to go take over for Letterman. You probably didn't have any plans on doing that right? They just throw your name around and you don't even know what they're saying," the blond star said.

"Right," DeGeneres agreed.

"Stephen Colbert's fake persona is more respectable than my real persona. So I think he's the perfect person for that job," Handler quipped about the late-night host that was named as Letterman's replacement last week.

'Business meeting. Chunk has been acting like this since I started my tour.' Chelsea Handler sparked rumors she was in talks for a CBS late-night gig after she posted this Instagram photo Monday. (chelseahandler via Instagram)

As far as what's next for Handler after her show ends, she told the audience, "I like to do jobs that no one's ever done."

"I like to do thing that you know I like to kind of create my own thing and I like to be a little bit of an underdog. I'm not for everybody and I know that and it's OK."

"I like my life the way it is a little smaller than everybody else's," she added.